Town Of Arcola, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Town Of Arcola
Town Of Arcola serves about 546 people through 233 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Washington County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0760001; phone on file: 662-827-2063. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (1.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Arcola is 2.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.1 ppb |
How Town Of Arcola compares
Of the 973 Mississippi systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 9 are over 15 ppb right now and 44 have gone over at some point. Town Of Arcola's 1 ppb sits at the 49th percentile in Mississippi and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Washington County
10 other systems share Washington County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Arcola. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Greenville | 29,602 | 1.1 ppb |
| Black Bayou Water Assn. | 6,917 | 1.5 ppb |
| City Of Leland | 4,591 | 0.7 ppb |
| City Of Hollandale | 2,323 | 1.03 ppb |
| Town Of Metcalfe | 1,125 | 0.6 ppb |
| Glen Allan Utility District | 649 | 0.79 ppb |
| Raskin Enterprises Llc-Delta Village Mhp | 491 | 0 (not detected) |
| Golding Acres Water Assn | 99 | 18.2 ppb |
| Winterville Water Association | 92 | 2 ppb |
| City Of Greenville (Airbase) | 30 | 4.3 ppb |
Next steps for Arcola, MS
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Arcola, MS may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Town Of Arcola whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.